“It’s my belief that many parents send their son or daughter to Penn State because of our Paul Robeson cultural center.” Says William Asbury, Penn State’s Vice President for student affairs. ”I don’t think there’s any question that it helps in retention.” This was from an article “Black Issues in Higher Education” (Hefner) I agree with Asbury: the University Of Montana Western could truly benefit from having a multicultural center on its campus. Why do I believe the University Of Montana Western would benefit from having a multicultural center? As I walk around campus I can see a somewhat diverse group of students with my different cultural backgrounds. I know for a fact there are a handful of Native Americans going to
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Having a multicultural center on campus would be a huge attention grabber, when students from all over the country look at the University Of Montana Western. They will say now there’s a school, I can attend and be comfortable in my own skin, that’s the college for me. Seeing that a college cares so much about the diverse community of students, that they took the time and money to build a cultural center says they will do just about anything to make the experience at UMW a great …show more content…
I have also talked to other students in my class about what they thought of having a multicultural center; they all said it would be neat to have one. A center that would be open to all that wanted to learn about different cultures, and why we do some of the things we do. I too would love to learn about different cultures from the people themselves. I sent an email to Nicole Hazelbaker asking her what her thoughts were on UMW ever having a Multicultural center on Campus. This was her reply “I think it would be great for our students. It would be a good place for our students to learn about and to share with others their culture. Anything we can do to meet the needs of our students is always a positive move for our campus but most importantly our students. The bonus would be a benefit for our community as well.” I thought that was so amazing, what she thought of the idea of having a multicultural center having such an important person on campus think the same way you do about the issue and that she cares so much about the students that goes to UMW, makes me feel so good about being a Native American going to school at the UMW. That they also care enough to make changes around campus, to make life here great for everyone who attends and those who wish to enroll here in the future it would increase number of recruits and a much higher retention rate overall for the student body
Having a multicultural center on campus would be a huge attention grabber, when students from all over the country look at the University Of Montana Western. They will say now there’s a school, I can attend and be comfortable in my own skin, that’s the college for me. Seeing that a college cares so much about the diverse community of students, that they took the time and money to build a cultural center says they will do just about anything to make the experience at UMW a great …show more content…
I have also talked to other students in my class about what they thought of having a multicultural center; they all said it would be neat to have one. A center that would be open to all that wanted to learn about different cultures, and why we do some of the things we do. I too would love to learn about different cultures from the people themselves. I sent an email to Nicole Hazelbaker asking her what her thoughts were on UMW ever having a Multicultural center on Campus. This was her reply “I think it would be great for our students. It would be a good place for our students to learn about and to share with others their culture. Anything we can do to meet the needs of our students is always a positive move for our campus but most importantly our students. The bonus would be a benefit for our community as well.” I thought that was so amazing, what she thought of the idea of having a multicultural center having such an important person on campus think the same way you do about the issue and that she cares so much about the students that goes to UMW, makes me feel so good about being a Native American going to school at the UMW. That they also care enough to make changes around campus, to make life here great for everyone who attends and those who wish to enroll here in the future it would increase number of recruits and a much higher retention rate overall for the student body